Device for treating strips of card or paper.



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DEVICE FOR TREATING STRIPS 0F CARD 0R PAPER.

I I I I I I APPLICATION FILED AUG. I3, 1914.

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Patented Feb. 8, 1916.

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W. C. L C. R. MARTINEAU.

DEVICE FOR TREATING STRIPS 0F CARD 0R PAPER.

APPUCATION F1151) AuG.13,1914.

Patented Feb. 8, 1916.

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A fn :Jenifer-3 WILLIAM C. LTARTINEAU'AND CLARENCE MARTINEAU, OF ALBANY,NEW YORK.

DEVICE FOR TREATING STRIPS OF CARI) OR PAPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 8, 1916.

Application flied Aug-ust 13, i914. serial No. 856,64?.

To all 'whom it 'may concern.'

Be it known that we, VILLIAM C. MAR rIxnaU and Cmnexcr. R.i\'1`.\irr1.\*n.\U, both citizrns of the United States, and residents ofAlbany, Albany county, New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Devices for Treating Strips ot' Card or Paper, of whichthe following is the specification.

Our invention relates to a mechanism or device for treating strips ofcard board or paper whereby a plurality of suehstrips may be embossed,printed upon, stapled together or otherwise manipulated, and afterwardeut or torn into cards, tags or the like, each of which may have adistinctive word or character imprinted or written thereon.

The object of our invention is to produce a cheap, simple,'durable 'andetlicient means to these ends.

Further objects of the invention will api pearin this specification andVbe pointed out in the claims.

ln the drawings, Figure 1- is a side elevation of our device, the outercasing being removed; Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same; Fig. 3 isa top plan view; Figs. tand 5 are partly sectional views of minordetails.

1lfdesignates the outer wall ot'the. machine, provided as shown with apartial central. partition 1i. the sides ot' the casing and the centralwall -being formed with U- shaped sockets i3. In these sockets `areplaced the ends of ball bearing rolls 14. Any desirednumber of,t.hesesockets and rolls may be employed, 3 being shown in the drawings. In theparticular example of our invention here illustrated the torward roll14: carries a roll of' cardboard 15,

while the two rear rolls ear-h carry strips ot paper 1U. These stripssuperposed one upon' the other are carried forward through slots 17 and1S in a front-longitudinal box portion 19. Forward ot the. rolls is ashaft- 20 in which is cut a key-wa)1 21. Mounted on the .shaft Q0. andkeyed tor longitudinal n'iovemeut only thereon is a t'rietion wheel 22,see Fig. l. which hears on the top of Strips 15. 1V.. llmn'u't'lial'elybelow roll 22 and beneath strips 1f. 11'. is a small friction roll-23mounted in the e'ud oi a fork lever 24., which is supported on apedestal 25, the

roll .23 being held firmly against the strips by a coiled spr-ing 2H.button 26a' mount-..

ed on a pedestal 26' may be used to lower roll 23 against the action ofspring 26. It will he noted that this last named device is duplicated oneach side of partition l2. A lso mounted on shaft il() is a hammer 27having a lower face 2S and an integral rear post 29, the whole beingmounted for spring 44, the supporting eye L15 ot' which` is adapted tolongitudinal movement on a. shat't 35 near the top of waii l1.

Mounted in box 19 are two rollers-36 over which runs an endless bandA 0rbands of carbon ribbon or paper. In the fpresent ease a singledouble-faced carbon ".bandhs used which runs transversely between lpaperstrips 16. At one end of box 19, see Figs. 1 and 3, is a. friction roll36a bearing against the carbon band and mounted, on a shat't 37. whichpasses through the rear wall ot box 15), and carries a bevel gear 38,

meshing with a second bevel gear 39, mounted on a suitably supportedshort shaft 40, which carries a sprocket Wheel 41 connected by chain 42to a sprocket 13 on shaft 20.

They operation of our device will be readily understood from-aninspection of the drawings. The various parts are assembled as shown andthe cardboard strip 15 and paper strip 16 mounted'on their respectiverolls 14, are. passed through slots 17 and 1S and box 19, see Fig. 1.Each of the strips may be previously printed to i'orm an uncut series ofcards. tags or the like. the. length of which will be the width oi thestrips, see Fig. and the height of which will be determined by the widthof hox 19. The tace ot' the top strip 15 is exposed through opening 33in plate 34, vS0 that charactersA or vwords may be manually written orstamped on the tace ot strip 15, a nd by means ot the carbon sheet orband, he duplicated on strips 16. The face 28 of hammer 2T may beformed, as desired for the. purpose for which it is intended, e. g., itmay be artificially rough'ened to prevent alteration of the characterswritten 0r with a marking all well known in various artsl and form' nopart of this invention.

If desired, the projecting in part as just de-v has in this case noother function,

'shaft 20, whereby pressure 27 is released post 29 in- ,ftegraltherewith 1s drawn to its vertical pospring 44, and the ensition, seeFig. 1, by gagement of pawl 31 with the teeth of ratchet wheel` 30,serves to partially rotate rolls 22 and 23 act to force forward strips15, 16, so that they project through slot 18, see Fig. 1. card or tagthus written or imprintedy scribed; may be torn off, while strips 16 mayremain as a continuous duplicate record of the cards.' Of course, allthree strips may be torn off as desired.

Where` characters have been manually produced on strips 15 and 16, it isobvious that a' movement of hammer 27, even if it will be necessary tofeed the strips forward, as just described. Where a single, doublefacedcarbon band is used, as shown in the drawings, it will of course benecessary or convenient that the upper strip 16 be sufficientlytranslucent that the characters thereon may be read therethrough. Thisdevice is common in so many arts thaty further description seemsunnecessary. v

When the operator finds that the rolls 15 and 16 are nearly exhausted,similar rolls may other side vof the 'duplicate box, and carried forwardthrou h slots 17 and 18 as before. The hammer, rictio'n roll 22, ratchetwheel 30 and their. connected parts may be moved longitudinally onshafts 20 and 35, and the operation of producing printed, embossed, or`otherwise treated strips of carboard or paper mal be continued asalready described. It will of Ycourse be understood that thisoperation/of equipping one lside -of the device with the strips ofcardboard or pa er may be done at any time in the interva s of business.It will be also understood that many mechanical alterations may be madein theI device, without departing from the spirit of our invention.

What we claim is z.

1. A device for treating strips of paper or card, including duplicatemeans each constructed and fitted to independently support a pluralityof strips so that they may be passed in superposition over a support;means for moving a carbonstrip transversely of the paper strips; ahammer for acting l upon a. portion of the upper paper strip;

means for automatically moving each o such pluralities of' stripsforward; and

\ side-by-side be mounted in the sockets 13 at the' means for movingsaid hammer and said strip moving means transversely of the strips.

2. In a devicefor treating strips of paper or card, a casing; meanswithin said casing for supporting a plurality of strips; means forguiding such strips in superposition out of said casing; a hammer forimpressing such strips;j a,.A friction roll in contact with one face' ofsuch plurality of strips and directly connected for operation by thereturn movement of said hammer; a second roll coperative with saidfriction roll and normally bearing the opposite face of such pluralityof strips; a spring actuated lever on which said second roll is mounted;and a pivoted button adapted to be forced against said lever forcontinuously holding said sec- 0nd roll out of operative position. 3. Ina device for treating strips of paper orvcard, a casing; duplicate meansside-byside within said casing for supporting a plurality of strips;duplicate means for guiding such strips in superposition out of saidcasing; a shaft forward of said strip supporting means; a hammer andstrip feeding means mounted on said shaft for movement longitudinallythereof whereby they may be placed in operative relation with either ofsaid strip supporting means.

4. A device for treating strips of paper or the like, including acasing; duplicate, means in said casing, each of which means is adaptedto independently sup ort a plurality of independent, separate yremovable, strip carrying rolls, each ofsaid rolls being' adapted tocarry a strip of paper so that such strips may be passed insuperposition over a support; and a sin- -nsi gle hammer adapted to bemoved in a plane parallelto those of said rolls, and thereby adapted tooperate on paper strips supported on either of said pluralities ofrolls.

5. A device for treating strips of paper or the like, including acasing; duplicate, side-by-'vside means in, said casing, each of whichmeans is adapted to independently support a plurality of independent,separately removable, strip carrying rolls, each of said rolls beingadapted to' carry a strip of paper so that such strips may be passed ,insuperposition over a support; means for automatically moving a unitarycarbon strip transversely of such paper strips carried on either of saidpluralities of rolls; and a sin-4 le hammer adapted to be moved in aplane parallel to those of said rolls, and thereby adapted to operate onpaper strips supported on either of said pluralities of rolls.

6.'In a device of the class described, a

casing having parallel side walls and a cena transverse shaft in saidcasing in front of said partition; a single hammer and sheet feedingmeans mounted for longitudinalA ing and forward of said partition; asingle hammer and sheet feeding means mounted 15 for longitudinalmovement on said shaft whereby they may be operated in coperation withsaid rolls on either side of said partition; and unitary carbon stripfeedingvmeans operative by said shaft in either pos- 20 l tion ofsaidhammer.

WILLIAM C. MARTINEAU. CLARENCE R. MARTINEAU.

'Witnessesz LILLLE J.- MARTINEAU, DENNIS A. CASEY.

